"Mommy"

Photo comment - I see the mutual love in how they work together. IT is there; it is strong.

Tonight, a solid 30 minutes after lights out, our little man is still singing and talking. I went in and sang a quick version of "Wheels on the bus". I say quick as I only did as directed which is always first, "the wheels go round and round" followed by the "horn on the bus goes beep, beep, beep", then "the babies on the bus go wa, wa, wa", followed by a new surprise, "the drivers on the bus say move to the back, move to the back, move to the back". Always happy to have a new request!

As I finished with "the mommies on the bus say time to sleep, time to sleep, the time to sleep", I got the usual request for more, with word and sign. It makes me happy that he still uses both signs and sound when he is really insistent and really wants to be understood. But as I was walking out to the usual request of "mama" switched to "mommy, MOMMY!"

While I couldn't be happier and would love to keep him up all night to show him how happy I am to finally hear "mommy", but I bit my tongue and I told him time to go back to sleep. But YEAH! I'll try to encourage more mommy going forward; hey its only been a little over nine months! Frankly mama is fine, but mommy is great.